Moore, George. Hail and Farewell: Salve. First Edition. London, William Heinemann, 1912. 13cm x 19.5cm. 379 pages. Original embossed hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear and some mild foxing.

Volume Two of Moore’s Hail And Farewell series of autobiographical works.

George Moore contributed significantly to the development of autobiography. He published four fictionalised autobiographies, in which he blended “the essay, anecdote, poetry, straightforward factual narration, invented dialogue, and reverie to create a distinctive and original form of autobiography.” (Eakin and Gerber 48). In 1886, he published Confessions of a Young Man, which was a successful experiment in self-conscious writing begun by Laurence Sterne in Tristram Shandy and developed in the 20th century by James Joyce and Vladimir Nabokov. Moore projects an image of himself that consists of self-parody and overt and sincere self-analysis. His next autobiography, Memoirs of My Dead Life (1906), is a collection of amusing reminiscences. Hail and Farewell! (Ave, 1911, Salve, 1912, and Vale, 1914) is a trilogy about the Dublin years, described as “a mixture of inaccurate autobiography, malicious gossip, and prejudiced criticism,” but also “a work of unmistakable genius.” [Victorian Web]

• Keywords: Literature · Modern Literature
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 90636AB

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